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UK's Ofcom and its Possible Regulatory Impact

In eight pages this paper discusses the effects of the United Kingdom's new regulatory entity for communications with potential co...

Reviewing Cornel West's Race Matters

In five pages a discussion of race relations in America is examined as seen through the eyes of Cornel West who believes white Ame...

Theory of Attribution

In a paper consisting of five pages attribution theory is examined along with the motivation theory of Alderfer as a way of explai...

Nursing Methods of Research and Validity Questions

practitioners that do not hold an MSN degree, and the resulting population would be too homogeneous to be of any real benefit. ...

Fair IQ Testing?

comprehension of subject matter, or even in the interpretation of the meaning of a simple sentence. Some of these variables may in...

Women and the Effects of Male Bias

the Type-Writer Girl" (Keep, 1997, p. 401). Interestingly enough, Kipling further questioned one of these "girls," only to learn t...

Organization Conflict and Negotiation

major shift in ideas to the other side of the spectrum. The Human Relations theory stated that conflict between human beings was i...

Analyzing Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt

because he is not at all athletic. In fact, he is rather pudgy and homely himself. He claims to like parties and social gatherin...

Truth and Documentary Theater

call to action. Bruskin explains that "The essence of the period is that we were galvanized to do something." (32). While docume...

The American Press and Its Bias Against Arabs

practice the religion? Why is there an anti-Middle East sentiment? By and large, Americans get the news from American media and it...

Why There Are Few Women Running for Office

as solid political material. As a result, there are handfuls of women politicians on the national level, perhaps a few more women ...

Conservative and Liberal Media Bias

Woody West in his coverage of the 1992 Presidential Election between incumbent president and Republican George Bush and his challe...

The Vietnam War and Counterinsurgency Tactics by the Americans

who had been defeated not as much by a superior foe but an irresponsible American government. Many factors came into play ...

Media and Language

returning a signal in some way that the message has or has not been understood (Watson/Hill). The purpose of written communication...

US House UnAmerican Activities Committee and Gender Bias

that institution must either be abolished or reformed. Indeed, the authors egalitarian argument is based upon the fact that justi...

National Anthem and Tobacco Industry Congressional Proposals

years(OMalley 2003). However, even with this enormous award, which effectively gets the states off their backs, the tobacco compan...

IQ Testing and Biases of Culture and Race

far more difficult than only recognizing that the problem exists. The Cultural Slant An alternative that has been tested in...

Alexander Campbell and the Christian System

newly emerging country. His treatise, The Christian System, was designed for both the layman to read and understand, but also f...

Female Slaves and Double Prejudices

and foreign individuals felt that such conditions were powerful realities, it comes as no surprise to see some of the opposite in ...

Language as Used by the Media to Exert Public Influence

is determined only by media responsibility, a quality which can differ not only between medias but also between individual represe...

Moody's Portrait of Racism

by her own relatives. She seems to learn that hard times can come from black as well as white folk. Annes first taste of how thing...

An Analysis of the Films, Bowling for Columbine and, The Decay of Fiction

physical state that supports the distinguishing characteristics of film noir. Though the term "film noir" is French, the st...

Gender Bias and Male Social Workers

In twenty pages this research study ponders the social work profession and the effects of gender bias as they relate to male in a ...

An Analysis of Klait's, Servants of Satan

as the givers of life, held a respected place in society. In order for Christianity to spread, with its firm emphasis on patriarch...

Discipline Characterization in Sociology

In fifteen pages this paper examines the process of sociology in a consideration of the importance of discipline with such topics ...

Anthony Lewis's Gideon's Trumpet

how a previously made poor decision reached by the Supreme Court was ultimately corrected with the Gideon case. Contents : Chapt...

Humanity and the Origin of Racial Prejudice

In nine pages this paper considers where prejudice among the races originated and compares the bias that Asian Americans and Afric...

Personality Theory of Sigmund Freud Discussed

In five pages the personality of Sigmund Freud is discussed along with an examination of such concepts as id, ego, and superego as...

A Comparison of Three Psychological Journals

to disordered emotional behavior or pathology; * ? sociocultural effects on pathological processes, including the influence of gen...

Historian Cornelius Tacitus

In four pages The Annals of the Roman Empire text is considered in an assessment of any biases revealed within or lack thereof by ...